The exhibit was held on Monday by members of a pro-Putin Facebook group in Moscow’s “Red October” showspace, formerly the site of a chocolate factory by the same name. Putin turns 62 onTuesday.

“Interestingly, the events of the ancient legends about the mythological hero Hercules can be relayed onto our days, when the three-headed dog Cerberus reminds us of the USA, annihilation of the Stymphalian Birds — of stopping the air raids in Syria and the cleaning of the Augean stables is fighting corruption,” the organizers wrote on Facebook, apparently inearnest.

The organizer at the event itself appeared to be a young, bearded man named Mikhail Antonov, whose T-shirt was almost obscured by his blazer. Almost, but not quite — it appeared to read “Vladimir Putin” and have a thumbs-up signunderneath.

In a video of the exhibit put out by Grani.ru, a Russian-language news site, a young woman identified as Yevgeniya, a student, praises the show. “We love him and support him in everything,” she said of the president. “That’s why we’rehere.”

Lefty Russian photographer Evgeny Feldman also attended the exhibit. “One of the 12 labors of Putin fell on the floor — liquidation of the oligarchy,” he tweeted in Russian, subtly noting that the president hasn’t had an issue with oligarchs who don’t stand up againsthim.

Next year’s exhibit: “Genesis 1 Through Putin’s Eyes.” In the beginning, Putin created the heavens and the Earth…